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Christians Quest

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Contextualized to an urban setting and written using contemporary language, Christian's Quest brings a fresh new voice to the classic allegory, Little Pilgrims Progress. Targeting youth primarily between the ages of 8-12, living in urban areas, Christian's Quest follows the journey of Christian, an African American boy, the various friends he meets along the way, as he travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Christians' companions are predominantly by African American characters and the settings depicted in the story are ones to which urban youth can relate.The unique features of Christian's Quest are the realistic, detailed-oriented and culturally relevant black and white ink illustrations found throughout the book. These illustrations along with the story itself will captivate young readers. Also an appendix containing a dictionary of unfamiliar words and an allegorical chart are provided in the back of the book. These tools will promote literacy, expand vocabulary and increase the readers' understanding as well as explain the characters and who or what they represent to help increase the readers' understanding of the Gospel message, biblical concepts and the Christian life. Christian Quests offers youth and readers of all ages adventure, encouragement through the gospel message, inspiration to grow in faithfulness on the Christian journey, wisdom to make wise choices, opportunities to improve vocabulary and literacy skills and an appreciation for great art. Through Christian's journey readers will learn or be reminded that with the help and guidance of the King they can overcome the many obstacles they face in life.
Type: Paperback ()Category: Books > FictionISBN / UPC: 9780802406002/0802406009Publish Date: 1/1/2010Item No: 293344Vendor: Moody Publishers